Massive Lucky For Life Winners Sold In Stonington, Rocky Hill

STONINGTON, CT — CT Lottery's Lucky for Life game drew two big winners Tuesday. One of the lucky tickets was sold at a Stonington store, and the other was sold in Rocky Hill.

The winning Lucky for Life numbers drawn Dec. 6 were 11 - 16 - 22 - 31 - 42, Lucky Ball number 18. Winners have until June 4, 2023, to claim their prize before their ticket expires.

The top-prize winning ticket was sold at Road Runners in Rocky Hill and matched the first five numbers drawn plus the Lucky Ball for the game’s top prize worth $365,000 a year for life. Road Runners will receive a $20,000 bonus for its sale of the winning ticket.

The second ticket, which matched the first five numbers drawn, was sold at Henny Penny on Roosevelt Avenue in Mystic for the game’s second prize worth $25,000 a year for life. Henny Penny Mystic 25 will receive a $2,500 bonus for selling the winning ticket.

“For Life” prizes are payable for the length of a winner’s natural life. At minimum, 20 years’ worth of payments are guaranteed, although payments could last much longer, based on the lifespan of the winner.

This is the first time since it debuted as a multistate game in January 2015 that Connecticut has had a top-prize and second-prize winner in the same drawing, and only the second time that Lucky for Life’s top prize was won in Connecticut, according to CT Lottery.